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Proverbs 11:22

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Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout, is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion.

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Verse 22. Foolish. Beauty, without prudence, leads to ruin, as ornaments are ill bestowed on swine. The women in the east sometimes wore rings in their noses, (Genesis 24:22. Calmet.) or hanging down upon them. Isaiah 3:21. Menochius.

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